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Uploads without licence
[edit]About 3/4 of the permissions we receive from France and Spain refer to images without licence tag. This means considerable extra work for VRT, because we need to remove the complaint from the User:AntiCompositeBot/NoLicense and add the appropriate licence each time after having checked and approved the permission.
This has been going on for months now. Is there really nothing that can be done about it? It should be prevented that files get uploaded without licence tag. Mussklprozz (talk) 10:26, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- The problem is that we have so many accepted licenses that having a filter to prevent this is not really possible. If we decide that new users are only allowed to use the regular cc licenses we could easily create a filter. GPSLeo (talk) 10:40, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- How about a filter that forbids to leave the licence empty? This would eliminite 80% of the problem cases, since most users decide for cc-by-sa anyway. Mussklprozz (talk) 12:26, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- I'd suggest not to solve this by edit filter but by changing the upload interface. But it has to be found out at first which of the dozen ways for uploading creates this problem. Krd 12:46, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- It seems to be the upload wizard. See e.g. File:Laura Urbina.jpg and File:Jorge León Gustà.jpg. --Mussklprozz (talk) 18:48, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, the issue comes from the Upload Wizard. I mentioned that a few months back, and I am surprised that it has not been fixed yet. Yann (talk) 19:27, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, the bug that selecting the permission option removes the license is still present. Just tested here File:Testfile2.png. @Sannita (WMF) could you have a look why this is still not resolved? GPSLeo (talk) 20:32, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- FWIW, on April 13 of this year, I edited Commons:Uploading works by a third party to describe the necessary workaround for this on uploads, because Sannita let me know he did not expect the fix to occur promptly. I still have no idea why a fix to this would be difficult. - Jmabel ! talk 21:50, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- @GPSLeo Unfortunately, the Structured Content team is no longer active, and it is still unclear who owns UploadWizard in the latest re-organization. I'll keep pushing for a solution, if you would be so kind to send me the Phab ticket, I can try to find someone to work on it. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:39, 13 September 2025 (UTC)
- The ticket should be phab:T391600. And the WMF did drop the maintenance of a core tool again? Is there an official statement why this happened? This is exactly what was the main criticism by the community in the open letters and also in the community call series. GPSLeo (talk) 14:29, 13 September 2025 (UTC)
- @GPSLeo AFAIK an announcement on Commons is in the making, but I have no news on when it will be published. About the ticket, I reached out to the devs, and they have it on their rader, but it's going to take at least another couple of weeks before it gets addressed, due to other priorities at the moment. I'll keep you posted, but please feel free to ping me here or in private about it, just to be sure it doesn't slip off my mind. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 14:58, 17 September 2025 (UTC)
- is there any update on the announcement, can be more public than here Gnangarra 10:13, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Gnangarra no update, I pinged already in private the people behind it Sannita (WMF) (talk) 15:21, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Sannita (WMF): Plewase follow up on this. --Krd 06:11, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Krd Still no update, I'm trying to find who can take care of this, but it's hard at the moment. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:32, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- Almost 2 months and no answers from WMF? All we are getting is the sound of silence. Once again Commons is kept in the dark. Bidgee (talk) 20:00, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Krd and Bidgee: I believe there is literally no one from WMF currently assigned to the Upload Wizard. I gather that includes Sannita no longer being assigned this, either. - Jmabel ! talk 23:01, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Quiddity: Can you help out? Krd 09:13, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
- I heard about Commons:Unsupported Tools Working Group, maybe they can help out? cc @Sohom Datta. Nemoralis (talk) 19:15, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Sannita (WMF): is there any way volunteers can work on the Upload Wizard? - Jmabel ! talk 19:51, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Jmabel I'm afraid I don't have the answer to that. I'm pushing one team to adopt this bug and solving it, but so far no luck. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 11:50, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Sannita (WMF): is there any way volunteers can work on the Upload Wizard? - Jmabel ! talk 19:51, 11 November 2025 (UTC)
- FWIW, the problem and the workaround are documented at COM:THIRD#How they can grant a license (and how you upload) step 12. If you need to give people an explanation, it is probably better to aim them there than to custom-write an explanation in each case. It would also be great if we could start doing translations of COM:THIRD: it seems to be stable and heavily used. - Jmabel ! talk 20:20, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Krd and Bidgee: I believe there is literally no one from WMF currently assigned to the Upload Wizard. I gather that includes Sannita no longer being assigned this, either. - Jmabel ! talk 23:01, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- Almost 2 months and no answers from WMF? All we are getting is the sound of silence. Once again Commons is kept in the dark. Bidgee (talk) 20:00, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Krd Still no update, I'm trying to find who can take care of this, but it's hard at the moment. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 12:32, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Sannita (WMF): Plewase follow up on this. --Krd 06:11, 7 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Gnangarra no update, I pinged already in private the people behind it Sannita (WMF) (talk) 15:21, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- is there any update on the announcement, can be more public than here Gnangarra 10:13, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- @GPSLeo AFAIK an announcement on Commons is in the making, but I have no news on when it will be published. About the ticket, I reached out to the devs, and they have it on their rader, but it's going to take at least another couple of weeks before it gets addressed, due to other priorities at the moment. I'll keep you posted, but please feel free to ping me here or in private about it, just to be sure it doesn't slip off my mind. Sannita (WMF) (talk) 14:58, 17 September 2025 (UTC)
- The ticket should be phab:T391600. And the WMF did drop the maintenance of a core tool again? Is there an official statement why this happened? This is exactly what was the main criticism by the community in the open letters and also in the community call series. GPSLeo (talk) 14:29, 13 September 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, the bug that selecting the permission option removes the license is still present. Just tested here File:Testfile2.png. @Sannita (WMF) could you have a look why this is still not resolved? GPSLeo (talk) 20:32, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, the issue comes from the Upload Wizard. I mentioned that a few months back, and I am surprised that it has not been fixed yet. Yann (talk) 19:27, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- It seems to be the upload wizard. See e.g. File:Laura Urbina.jpg and File:Jorge León Gustà.jpg. --Mussklprozz (talk) 18:48, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- I'd suggest not to solve this by edit filter but by changing the upload interface. But it has to be found out at first which of the dozen ways for uploading creates this problem. Krd 12:46, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
- How about a filter that forbids to leave the licence empty? This would eliminite 80% of the problem cases, since most users decide for cc-by-sa anyway. Mussklprozz (talk) 12:26, 12 September 2025 (UTC)
What do I do???
[edit]Wiki Commons in threatening to delete my photos because it decided I stole them. I asked what to do to prove their mine and instead of just telling me, I'm told to go to this place - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Volunteer_Response_Team
However, that page doesn't really help with all its weird terminology and whatnot. I just need somebody to TELL me what I need to do to prove my photos are MY photos.
SO can somebody please help me?
Thanks. MoonsMoon MoonsMoon 23:23, 15 November 2025 (UTC)
- @MoonsMoon, you should read this section: COM:VRT/CONSENT. It explains that you must prove you own the rights to those photos and agree to release them under a free license. Nemoralis (talk) 23:45, 15 November 2025 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. --Krd 04:04, 21 November 2025 (UTC) Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Ten CatCars
[edit]There is this deletion request: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_uploaded_by_Ten_CatCars. We last wrote about ticket:2025101010018405 on October 13, but apparently did not receive any approvals or further inquiries. For us, the existence of all rights is absolutely certain, and we had made that clear in the mails. What else is required here? Ten CatCars (talk) 06:06, 17 November 2025 (UTC)
I would like to know if the ticket validates the photographer or if it is a permission granted by the artist that created the artwork that appears in the photography. Thanks. Günther Frager (talk) 15:57, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
- It is from the organizer of arts festival who "commissioned the promotional posters shown in the images". Nemoralis (talk) 21:16, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
- So, the permission is about the poster and not about the graffiti, right? For example, File:Libres comme l'art rue de l'arbalète B.jpg has a graffiti by fr:Jef Aérosol. Right?Günther Frager (talk) 13:57, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
- Correct. Nemoralis (talk) 16:07, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
- So, the permission is about the poster and not about the graffiti, right? For example, File:Libres comme l'art rue de l'arbalète B.jpg has a graffiti by fr:Jef Aérosol. Right?Günther Frager (talk) 13:57, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. --Krd 04:04, 21 November 2025 (UTC) Ticket#20250911100077
[edit]Ticket:20250911100077 September 11th file Protogen.jpg. Last email September 16. Don’t want long discussion that spirals. Make it quick not here for fun never got a response Cyberwolf (talk) 16:57, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
- @Cyberwolf. I cannot access this ticket. In addition, I cannot find a file called Protogen.jpg, not now and not in a deleted version. Please check the File name and ticket #. Thanks. Ellywa (talk) 17:25, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
- Ticket:2025091110007776 Is the ticket and that is the file name User talk:Cyberwolf#File tagging File:Protogen.jpg Cyberwolf (talk) 17:46, 18 November 2025 (UTC)
- Not to be an annoyance but Cyberwolf (talk) 19:21, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
- File:Protogen.jpg definitely existed, 16 deleted edits. Krd deleted it 06:59, 12 October 2025 as No ticket permission since 11 September 2025. Krdbot had marked it "permission received", "processing" on 11 September. ID matches what Cyberwolf posted here the second time (first one clearly was truncated by 2 digits). As an admin who is not on VRT, that is all I can see. - Jmabel ! talk 21:51, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
- I just picked up the ticket and replied. It had been in "limbo" for two months. The file has COM:DW issues and no explicit compatible free license has been provided by the original copyright owner. Next steps of what is required is supplied in the email reply I just sent. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 21:01, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
- File:Protogen.jpg definitely existed, 16 deleted edits. Krd deleted it 06:59, 12 October 2025 as No ticket permission since 11 September 2025. Krdbot had marked it "permission received", "processing" on 11 September. ID matches what Cyberwolf posted here the second time (first one clearly was truncated by 2 digits). As an admin who is not on VRT, that is all I can see. - Jmabel ! talk 21:51, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Nemoralis (talk) 11:36, 23 November 2025 (UTC) There is an ongoing discussion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mina Ward School Historical Marker Bastrop.jpg as to the suitability of images of Texas Historical Commission markers use on Commons. The image File:Texas Historical Marker trail route.jpg has a VRT ticket attached to it, and this ticket permission block states "This file is in the public domain because This work depicts a historical marker placed by the Government of Texas. The Government claims no copyright on the content written on the marker even if it is copyrightable. The evidence is stored in ticket:2014030810001523." We need to see if this ticket applies to all Texas Historical Commission markers. Could someone access the ticket and place the text in the deletion request discussion above. Thanks. Nv8200pa (talk) 22:39, 21 November 2025 (UTC)
- Quote:
An image of the marker can be loaded onto Wikipedia. If it is one of the state's photographs we do request you put a copyright line be used for the photo.
Nemoralis (talk) 11:30, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
Hello! :) I just wanted to confirm that this file File:Dan and Phil at London Film Festival.jpg is actually licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0? The actual image linked as the source was not uploaded. Rather, the watermark was cropped out of the preview image and the image was digitally enhanced to make the quality seem better. Additionally, when the image was first uploaded it erroneously stated it was licensed under Attribution 4.0 International . When I run the query to see files that fall under this ticket, it says there are no results found. Thank you very much for the help! Yeahirlydk (talk) 22:48, 22 November 2025 (UTC)
- Yes, it is licensed under CC. I fixed the query, it should be working now. Nemoralis (talk) 11:34, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
Dear VRT,
the photographer Jurij Trüb has contacted you aaround the 10th of November to release the rights of the two images in the subject of this message. Can you confirm the process is conclude and let me know if the images can be restored on Commons? Thank you very much.
Warmest regards,
Galahmm (talk) 19:56, 23 November 2025 (UTC)
Yo, what happened with the ticket permission? Why did it not got accepted Trade (talk) 00:05, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
- Concerns Commons:Deletion requests/File:(NOT IRL IMAGE) ZiU-9 EMU from "veds trolleybuses place".png. This is waiting for an answer from the person who first sent the email to VRT. Ellywa (talk) 12:30, 24 November 2025 (UTC)
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